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neckless

neckless \neckless\ adj. lacking or apparently lacking a neck; -- of a garment; as, a neckless gown.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
neckless

c.1600, from neck (n.) + -less.

Wiktionary
neckless

a. Without a neck.

WordNet
neckless

adj. lacking or apparently lacking a neck [ant: necked]

Usage examples of "neckless".

Instead it bowed its head gravely, inclining its neckless body toward him, almost as if compelled to acknowledge Kennit as its master.

There were neckless little runts who would be pulverized by one modest hit from a Blades defenseman, refrigerator-sized brutes, and tall, sleek geeks Gemma could envision being blown over by the passing breeze created by a fast-skating teammate.

A stockade, a prison camp, stalag, ghetto, torture chamber, charnel house, abattoir, duchy, fiefdom, Army co-op mess hall ruled by a neckless thug.

Milling nearby were several upstanding citizens, including Raz Buchanon, Elsie McMay, someone's mother, someone's mother's friendly cosmetologist, a few neckless hulks from the pool hall, and Mrs.

His figure was rectangular, waistless, neckless, ankleless, of middle height, looking shortish because, though he was not particularly stout, there was nothing slender about him.

Earlier, it'd been kinda hairy, what with some high school girls gettin' all sniffly, a couple of neckless farm boys with too much beer in their bellies demanding to meet Miss Katie Hawk, and a teary middle-aged couple who'd driven all the way from Berryville just to get Matt's autograph because he reminded them of their deceased son.

That is his predilection, and it causes him some small pain when he enters the jumper quarters and the people there-two squat, neckless wrenchers lounging in.